Paul Prymke?

Would Neitz be a consideration? Former AA defender.

I would love it if Woey was deemed good enough for the job. He has a great reputation in Perth form his last few years coaching in the WAFL, many see him as a future AFL senior coach. Always liked the bloke, would love to see him back amongst success at the Dees.

They may have Wellman but they don't have Frawley , Garland , Rivers or Grimes .

Yeah, poor buggar will have to work with Pears, Hurley and Hooker.

Seriously though, there are plenty of good potential assistant coaches out there, I'm sure Melbourne will find an adequate replacement.

Yeah, poor buggar will have to work with Pears, Hurley and Hooker.

Seriously though, there are plenty of good potential assistant coaches out there, I'm sure Melbourne will find an adequate replacement.

We will see if he can do it again. Ratten did well when we had a good midfield and now can't win a final with an unprecedented amount of top draft picks.

the Melbourne backline coach would be an attractive job at the minute. Add in an elite kicker and presto !!

Why all the hard feelings? He's done a great job for us and now Sean's moving on to help out a mate at his old club. Hardly calls for a lynching.

call me old fashioned if you just signed a contract you might want to honour it.

Same goes for bomber Thompson if he leaves.

Wellman can get the same send off as Chris Johnson.

do you want this club to have any pride ??

call me old fashioned if you just signed a contract you might want to honour it.

Same goes for bomber Thompson if he leaves.

Wellman can get the same send off as Chris Johnson.

do you want this club to have any pride ??

Can we sue him for breach of contract? Make Essendon pay us some $$$'s?

Can we sue him for breach of contract? Make Essendon pay us some $$$'s?

Not likely.

There'd probably be some sort of provision in his contract.

These things happen - what would be the point, other than creating bad blood..?

It's not like Wellman is the only decent defensive coach out there... although this may put us behind the 8 ball a little, in terms of finding the best replacement.

No point getting upset I suppose although it is disapointing given he was looking at staying on. Gave us good service, time for us to move on.

Just a pie in the sky thought atm but sometimes you have to sew the seeds early. Jimmy should get in the ear of Tadhg Kennelly about coming to MFC after he retires (he turns 30 next year). Could be a good defensive coach for us down the track and would obviously emphasise our profile. Oh the shenanigans...

Wellman is returning as part of the romantic Cinderella story, this leaves an opportunity for a new assistant to join us ... Nothing make believe at the MFC .. We ARE going places !!

Any reason why Junior couldn't do it?

Would love for an established, well respected assistant coach to come on board. It will be further evidence that we are going places if someone "wanted"to come to Melbourne. But if not, maybe Junior steps in to some degree.

Just a thought!

Pretty disappointing considering our backline has been the strongest part of our game for the past 2-3 years. I don't see how losing him is a positive unless we can gain a coach who has equal or greater ability which I think will be hard to do.

Dissapointing that he only made a commitment to teh Dees a month ago, but you can't expect to hold onto assistant coaches for ever

So, we've so far heard that Wellman spoke well at a function, and of course the defenders mentioned their line Coach in some pressers.

I can see that the sky is close to falling

Yeah, poor buggar will have to work with Pears, Hurley and Hooker.

On my reading, the point was that it is only Wellman that is leaving, not our defenders.

Laidley would be a handy replacement

Second that point- although I don't know if he had a fallout with im Harrington when both were at the kangas.Great technician- great back up to Bails.Would not be surprised if either West or Mahoney go either.If not Junior could be a real good choice- one of the best tacklers the club has ever had.

Not likely.

There'd probably be some sort of provision in his contract.

These things happen - what would be the point, other than creating bad blood..?

It's not like Wellman is the only decent defensive coach out there... although this may put us behind the 8 ball a little, in terms of finding the best replacement.

Yeah. Just curious. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Any reason why Junior couldn't do it?

Would love for an established, well respected assistant coach to come on board. It will be further evidence that we are going places if someone "wanted"to come to Melbourne. But if not, maybe Junior steps in to some degree.

Just a thought!

I heard some talk Jnr may be the runner next year.

I would like to get someone who has worked under Roos, Bomber, Craig or Ross Lyon...Maybe Milburn, Kirk or Goodwin.

I would love it if Woey was deemed good enough for the job. He has a great reputation in Perth form his last few years coaching in the WAFL, many see him as a future AFL senior coach. Always liked the bloke, would love to see him back amongst success at the Dees.

Do you think Woey would be able to be a specialist Defensive coach though??? Watching Last Saturdays Granny just makes you realize how important Defence is to a team.

Shane would be more Midfield i suspect, but still love to see him back one day.

I heard some talk Jnr may be the runner next year.

I would like to get someone who has worked under Roos, Bomber, Craig or Ross Lyon...Maybe Milburn, Kirk or Goodwin.

Goodwin at Bombers.

I was thinking even Tyson Edwards?

Or better yet, maybe we could lure back Todd Viney?

Max Hudgton would be worth a run at, I reckon.

He has had a smaller development role at the pies this year.

There are a plethora of assistants that have left Brisbane and Essendon.

We could have a crack at a few of these.

Alan Richardson would be a good get and I can't see him staying at the bombers after he has missed their top job.

Luke Beveridge

Development Manager Luke Beveridge comes to Collingwood having spent the past three seasons as the head coach of St Bedes in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

He coached St Bedes to three successive premierships moving up a section level each year from C section in 2006 to A grade in section in 2008.

Beveridge enjoyed a solid playing career, in which he appeared in 118 AFL games and kicked 107 goals in 11 seasons for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda.

Beveridge's grandfather, Jack Beveridge, was a champion for the Collingwood Football Club playing 148 games including four premierships during the 'Machine Team' era (1927-1930).

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Max Hudghton

Assistant Coach

(Part-time defensiveeddddrr Renowned as one of the best defenders in the competition during his 234-game career at St Kilda, Hudghton will assist in overseeing the Magpie backline in 2010.

After retiring in 2009, Hudghton will be able to provide fresh and current insight into how many of the current backlines operate in the AFL.

AFL playing career: St Kilda 1997-2009 (234 games)

AFL coaching career: Collingwood 2010 -

Goodwin at Bombers.

I was thinking even Tyson Edwards?

Or better yet, maybe we could lure back Todd Viney?

I suspect Viney went back to SA so that Jack would spend his schooling in Adelaide. He made it clear that he went home for "family reasons".

Afterall, if he didn't go back, Jack would probably never have lived in the state his Father and relatives grew up in.

I suspect Viney went back to SA so that Jack would spend his schooling in Adelaide. He made it clear that he went home for "family reasons".

Afterall, if he didn't go back, Jack would probably never have lived in the state his Father and relatives grew up in.

Yeah, I know it'd be a real long shot.

It'd still be nice though.

Why all the hard feelings? He's done a great job for us and now Sean's moving on to help out a mate at his old club. Hardly calls for a lynching.

Totally agree; and assistant coaches come and go like the wind. Plenty more fish in the sea.

To those talking of it being a HUGE MASSIVE BLOW, do you actually know much about Wellman as a coach?

(I don't.)

Wellman is a sensational backline coach; we know this because our defense is good. By the same token, Mahoney is a clueless, pathetic hack; this is obvious because our forwardline is struggling. This formula is absolutely fool-proof and works not only with line coaches, but for any assistant coach- the spate of LTI's we had under Babijczuk were a clear indicator that he's a bad fitness coach, the idea that -as fitness coach- he can't be held accountable for fractures is just a copout: he was in charge of fitness, and hobbling around with a broken leg doesn't sound very "fit" to me.

Show me someone who points out other factors when assessing our backlines performance (i.e. the players themselves; the amount of games they've played together, the amount of games they've played period, how good they are at football) and tries to argue that supporters arent in much a position to assess the quality or otherwise of a line coach, and I'll show you someone who not only accepts mediocrity, but embraces it with a lovers zest.

Wellman is a sensational backline coach; we know this because our defense is good. By the same token, Mahoney is a clueless, pathetic hack; this is obvious because our forwardline is struggling. This formula is absolutely fool-proof and works not only with line coaches, but for any assistant coach- the spate of LTI's we had under Babijczuk were a clear indicator that he's a bad fitness coach, the idea that -as fitness coach- he can't be held accountable for fractures is just a copout: he was in charge of fitness, and hobbling around with a broken leg doesn't sound very "fit" to me.

Show me someone who points out other factors when assessing our backlines performance (i.e. the players themselves; the amount of games they've played together, the amount of games they've played period, how good they are at football) and tries to argue that supporters arent in much a position to assess the quality or otherwise of a line coach, and I'll show you someone who not only accepts mediocrity, but embraces it with a lovers zest.

And pre-Stynes mediocrity too.

That's the worst kind...

That's Gardner mediocrity...

Wellman hasn't been confirmed to leave or be at Essendon....so until so, why are we worrying